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Leila Abouzeid - Return to Childhood - 9780292704909 - V9780292704909
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Return to Childhood

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Leila Abouzeid, whose novel Year of the Elephant has gone through six reprintings, has now translated her childhood memoir into English. Published in Rabat in 1993 to critical acclaim, the work brings to life the interlocking dramas of family ties and political conflict.

Against a background of Morocco's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, Abouzeid charts the development of personal relationships, between generations as well as between husbands and wives. Abouzeid's father is a central figure; as a strong advocate of Moroccan nationalism, he was frequently imprisoned by the French and his family forced to flee the ... Read more

The memoir utilizes multiple voices, especially those of women, in a manner reminiscent of the narrative strategies of the oral tradition in Moroccan culture. Return to Childhood may also be classified as an autobiography, a form only now gaining respect as a valid literary genre in the Middle East. Abouzeid's own introduction and Elizabeth Fernea's foreword discuss this new development in Arabic literature.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
Number of Pages
167
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292704909
SKU
V9780292704909
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Leila Abouzeid
LEILA ABOUZEID is a pioneer among Moroccan women writers. She studied at Mohammed V University in Rabat and at the University of Texas at Austin. She began her career as a radio and TV journalist and also worked as a press assistant in government ministries and in the prime minister's office. In 1992 she left journalism to dedicate herself to ... Read more

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